Forensic toxicology standards

Detail of outcome

The Regulator has adopted the standards produced by the United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT) and refers to them in the Statement of Standards and Accreditation Requirements within the Codes of Practice and Conduct.

Original consultation

Summary

We are consulting on adopting the standards produced by the United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT).

This consultation ran from9am on 27 May 2015 to
11:45pm on 28 August 2015

Consultation description

The role of the Regulator includes ensuring appropriate standards are developed, implemented and maintained for areas of forensic science. The Regulator can develop standards, work with others to jointly develop standards or can adopt standards which have been created by others.

The Regulator’s normal approach is to require accreditation to a suitable international standard and to demand compliance with the Regulator’s Codes of Practice and Conduct. The latter deals with general matters in the main body of the Codes and area specific material in appendices.

In relation to forensic toxicology the Regulator is considering adopting the standards produced by the United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT) as the area specific “appendix”. These standards are available at http://www.ukiaft.co.uk/publications under the title UKIAFT Laboratory Guidelines.

The first step is to undertake a public consultation on these standards.

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